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Mastercard (MA) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 18 years of Return on Invested Capital readings, the most recent being 0.02% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.02% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.02%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.02%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.02% in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, roughly flat from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.01% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.02% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.02%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: changed 0bps in 2022 and later rose 1bps in 2025.
  • Mastercard's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then decreased by -3bps to 0.01% in 2023, then rose by 18bps to 0.02% in 2024, then increased by 9bps to 0.02% in 2025, then increased by 0bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.